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		eduah on Sept 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Run... This is not repurposed Tesla hardware, they are using actual Tesla backup battery product.

_ph_ on Sept 1, 2019 [–]

I would say they are repurposed in the sense that they were intended for home usage and not for keeping cell towers working.

optimiz3 on Sept 2, 2019 | [–]

If you buy a brand new server and use it for your PC, does that make it repurposed? To most people, it's a brand new computer.

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